17-year-old shot in leg in East Baltimore

A 17-year-old boy was treated and released after he was shot in the leg in East Baltimore Wednesday night, according to Baltimore Police.

An officer responded to a call for a shooting in the 400 block of N. Central Avenue at 9:16 p.m. and found the victim inside a residence on Herring Court with a gunshot wound in the upper right leg, police said.

The teenager was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.